Brahma Purana — Krishna Slays the False Vasudeva and Burns Varanasi with the Sudarshana Chakra, Shloka 32
Devanagari script
व्यास उवाच एवं भविष्यतीत्य् उक्ते दक्षिणाग्नेर् अनन्तरम् महाकृत्या समुत्तस्थौ तस्यैवाग्निनिवेशनात् //
Translation
This verse (no. 32) sets forth a profound meaning in the Purana’s sacred and solemn form.
Word by Word
vyāsaḥVyāsa
vyāsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person Singular, Parasmaipada; ‘said’
evamthus
evam:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; manner adverb (एवम्)
bhaviṣyatiit will be
bhaviṣyati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
FormSimple Future (लृट्), 3rd person Singular, Parasmaipada; ‘will be’
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle
uktewhen said
ukte:
Sati-saptamī (सति-सप्तमी) / Kāla
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त) used in Locative Absolute; Neuter Locative Singular; ‘when (this) was said’
dakṣiṇa-agneḥfrom the southern fire
dakṣiṇa-agneḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + agni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; कर्मधारय ‘from the southern fire’
anantaramimmediately
anantaram:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootanantara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (adverbial accusative); ‘immediately/without interval’
mahā-kṛtyāthe great Kṛtyā
mahā-kṛtyā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛtyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्मधारय ‘great Kṛtyā’
sam-uttasthauarose
sam-uttasthau:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam + ut + sthā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person Singular, Parasmaipada; ‘arose’
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
evaindeed/just
eva:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (एव)
agni-niveśanātfrom the fire-pit
agni-niveśanāt:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक) + niveśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘from the fire-place/fire-pit’
Speaker
Vyāsa narrating to the listener(s).